The Best Spiritual Sleuths
There are some men and women of the cloth that can’t help but solve mysteries in their spare time. Here are some of our favorite TV cozy mystery religious sleuths:
5. Don Matteo
Italian with English Subtitles
This (2000 - present) series follows Don Matteo (played by Terence Hill), an insightful and intelligent Catholic priest in Gubbio, Italy, who has a knack for solving mysteries and is always willing to investigate to help a member of his flock.
Available on MHz Choice through Amazon Prime
4. Grantchester
This Masterpiece Mystery series (2014 - 2023) follows Anglican vicar Sidney Chambers (played by James Norton) and then vicar William Davenport ( played by Tom Brittney) who solve murders alongside Detective Inspector Geordie Keating (played by Robson Green) in the English village of Grantchester while navigating complicated personal lives.
Available on Amazon Prime
3. Sister Boniface Mysteries
This (2022 - present) series follows inquisitive Catholic nun Sister Boniface (Lorna Watson) as she offers her forensic skills to local authorities in the English village of Great Slaughter in the swinging 1960s.
Available on Britbox
2. Father Dowling Mysteries
This (1989 - 1991) series follows Catholic priest Father Dowling (played by Tom Bosley) and skilled and streetwise nun Sister Stephanie "Steve" Oskowski (played by Tracy Nelson) who, with a touch of humor, solve crimes in Chicago.
Father Brown
Based on the books by G. K. Chesterton, this (2013 - present) series follows a Catholic priest and his friends as they investigate mysteries in the 1950s. Father Brown (played by Mark Williams) does all that he can to right wrongs, catch murderers, and save souls while bicycling around the English village of Kembleford.
Available on Britbox
Are there any other spiritual sleuth series that we should watch?